Staff Hardware Reliability Engineer (R5142)
Core
Ensure robustness and long-term performance of VBAT flight hardware through design-for-reliability practices, environmental testing, and failure analysis.
Role type
Staff Hardware Reliability Engineer (Aerospace/Defense)
Builds
VBAT aircraft flight hardware
Domain
Defense technology / Aerospace hardware
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Design-for-reliability best practices, environmental stress testing (HALT, HASS), failure analysis, materials characterization, root cause investigation, reliability modeling, Python (NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, Plotly, Matplotlib), FMEA, IPC/JEDEC/MIL standards knowledge
Preferred skills
Master's in Materials/Mechanical/Reliability Engineering, 3+ years in hardware reliability (aerospace/automotive), PCB fabrication/SMT knowledge, polymerics application manufacturing
Technologies
Python, NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, Plotly, Matplotlib, HALT, HASS, FMEA
Responsibilities
Lead environmental and stress testing efforts, conduct failure analysis and materials characterization, analyze root cause investigations for manufacturing non-conformances and field returns, participate in design reviews and FMEA activities, shape material selection and manufacturing requirements, analyze test and field data using reliability modeling tools, develop and recommend corrective actions, travel to perform deep dives into supplier processes
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence